Datamax Prodigy, Operator'S Manual

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Using the Printer Page - 61
If the font selected is a bar code, this character specifies the wide
bar width. The range of allowable values for bar code fonts is 1 to
9 and A through K. This range will give a wide bar width of 0.005"
to 0.300" when added to the Printer’s ability to vary the dot size.
For UPC and 128 fonts, the valid multipliers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8
when selecting the uppercase version of these fonts. If other
multipliers are selected, the Printer rounds down to one of these
values.
6. The next digit, character number 4, is the vertical multiplier for
human readable fonts. The magnification factor represents the
number of times the dot table for the selected font is multiplied in
the vertical direction. For human readable fonts, the valid choices
for magnification are 1, 2, 4, and 8 times the normal dot pattern.
If the font selected is a bar code, this character specifies the narrow
bar width. The range of allowable values for bar code fonts is 1 to
9 and A through L. This range will give a narrow bar width of
0.005" to 0.300" when added to the Printer’s ability to vary the dot
size.
For UPC and 128 fonts, this number should be the same as the
horizontal multiplier because these bar codes are element-based and
not ratio-based bar codes.
7. The next three characters, bytes 5, 6, and 7 for all human readable
fonts will be discarded, but must be sent to the Printer as zeros.
These characters only affect the printing of bar codes. When a bar
code font has been selected, the height of the bar code is controlled
in 0.010" increments. The minimum value is “001”, the maximum
value is “999”. This gives a variable bar height of 0.01" to 9.99".
(Note: Bar heights below 0.08" may vary depending on the starting
row position. To suppress this variance, the row position should be
given as a value evenly divisible by eight.)